the voice of silence

This is for all women throughout all time whose bodies and hearts have been violated. October is domestic violence awareness month. A big part of violence is silence. This is voice for all the silent hurts and a plea for a new way of being in the world.

You had no right to ask from me what you didn’t have the balls to give in return.
You had no right to take my love to lick the wounds of your insecurities then discard me.
You had no right to sacrifice my beauty at the altar of your perversion.
You had no right to flirt with other women in front of me and make me feel like less of a person because my rack wasn't as big or my curves were as desirable or I wasn't as cheap.
You had no right to want complete devotion from me and ask me to share you.
You had no right to leave me covered in bruises so deep that I couldn’t leave the house for days.
You had no right to rape me.
You had no right to brand me with a Scarlet letter when you didn’t walk in my shoes.
You had no right to create a child with another woman while you had sworn fidelity to me.
You had no right to accuse me of your indiscretions– or blame me for them.
You had no right to nearly kill me … and not come back for three days.
You had no right to take my innocence, destroy my art and chose imaginary women over me.
You had no right to tear my clothes off on the playground so you could be more of a man.
You had no right to try to destroy me because I intimidate you.
You had no right to lie to me or about me.
You had no right to bring your other girlfriend into my home.
You had no right to bring other women into my bed, even in spirit.
You had no right to withhold affection and punish me for your fears.
You had no right to use religion, ambiguity, jealousy, death threats or size disparity to control me.
You had no right...and yet you did. And I am left here with your rage, your violence and your pain trying to make sense of this world. I am left broken open with wounds that ooze every fucking day. I am left with your nightmares and your diseases and your impoverished spirit.

And I want to heal this. For both of us – for all of us – for the whole world ‘cause we don’t have to keep hurting each other like this.